Editing Go (game) (section)

=== Internationalization ===
Despite its widespread popularity in East Asia, Go has been slow to spread to the rest of the world. Although there are some mentions of the game in western literature from the 16th century forward, Go did not start to become popular in the West until the end of the 19th century, when German scientist [[Oskar Korschelt]] wrote a treatise on the game.<ref name=GoHistEU>{{cite book|last= Pinckard|first=William|chapter=History and Philosophy of Go|year=1992|pages=23–25|editor-last=Bozulich|editor-first=Richard|title=The Go Player's Almanac|publication-date=2001|edition=2nd|publisher=Kiseido Publishing Company|isbn=978-4-906574-40-7}}</ref> By the early 20th century, Go had spread throughout the [[German Empire|German]] and [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] empires. In 1905, [[Edward Lasker]] learned the game while in Berlin. When he moved to New York, Lasker founded the New York Go Club together with (amongst others) Arthur Smith, who had learned of the game in Japan while touring the East and had published the book ''The Game of Go'' in 1908.<ref name=agahbk95>{{Citation | url = http://www.usgo.org/archive/agahbk95.html | title = AGA 1995 Historical Book | publisher = American Go Association | access-date = 2008-06-11 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110806204728/http://www.usgo.org/archive/agahbk95.html | archive-date = 2011-08-06}}</ref> Lasker's book ''Go and Go-moku'' (1934) helped spread the game throughout the U.S.,<ref name=agahbk95 /> and in 1935, the [[American Go Association]] was formed. Two years later, in 1937, the German Go Association was founded.

World War II put a stop to most Go activity, since it was a popular game in Japan, but after the war, Go continued to spread.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/igo_e/040.htm |title=The Magic of Go – 40. Go in Europe |publisher=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]] |last=Bozulich |first=Richard |access-date=2008-06-16 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011109202817/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/igo_e/040.htm |archive-date=November 9, 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> For most of the 20th century, the [[Nihon Ki-in|Japan Go Association (Nihon Ki-in)]] played a leading role in spreading Go outside East Asia by publishing the English-language magazine ''[[Go Review]]'' in the 1960s, establishing [[Go centers]] in the U.S., Europe and South America, and often sending professional teachers on tour to Western nations.<ref name=ProVisits>{{Citation | url = https://www.britgo.org/history/pros.html | title = Pro Go Player visits to UK & Ireland (since 1964) | author = British Go Association | access-date= 2007-11-17}}</ref> Internationally, the game had been commonly known since the start of the twentieth century by its shortened Japanese name, and [[Go terms|terms for common Go concepts]] are derived from their Japanese pronunciation.

In 1996, [[NASA]] astronaut [[Daniel T. Barry|Daniel Barry]] and Japanese astronaut [[Koichi Wakata]] became the first people to play Go in space. They used a special Go set, which was named Go Space, designed by Wai-Cheung Willson Chow. Both astronauts were awarded honorary [[dan rank]]s by the [[Nihon Ki-in]].{{sfn|Peng|Hall|1996}}

{{As of|2015|December}}, the [[International Go Federation]] has 75 member countries, with 67 member countries outside East Asia.<ref name="igf-members">{{Citation|author=International Go Federation|title=IGF members|date=22 June 2010 |url=http://www.intergofed.org/members/igf-member-countries.html|access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref> Chinese cultural centres across the world are promoting Go, and cooperating with local Go associations, for example the seminars held by the Chinese cultural centre in Tel Aviv, Israel, together with the Israeli Go association.<ref name="Ambassador Go 围棋 Cup 2018">{{Citation|author=China Cultural Centre in Tel Aviv|title=Go in Tel Aviv|url=https://ccctlv.org/en/events/ambassador-go-%E5%9B%B4%E6%A3%8B-cup-2018/|access-date=April 12, 2019}}</ref>